Before Ben Hogan became a legend, he had to break a nine-year winless streak as a pro

Ben Hogan is famously attributed with saying the secret to golf was "in the dirt." Ken Venturi also quoted Hogan as saying, "every day you miss practicing will take you one day longer to be good," which seems a mathematical improbability, but the point is Hogan was arguably the hardest-working player in golf history. Despite this, success took its sweet time, nine years to be exact after he turned pro in 1931.The milestone moment took place 75 years ago this week at the 1940 North and South Open
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